Voting Record — Mr Tony Banks MP, West Ham (10025)

Mr Tony Banks

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

ConstituencyFromToPartyRebellions (explain...)Attendance (explain...)Teller
House of Lords 4 Jul 2005 8 Jan 2006 Lab 0 votes out of 17, 0.0% 17 votes out of 30, 56.7% 0 times
West Ham 7 Jun 2001 11 Apr 2005 Lab 14 votes out of 797, 1.8% 797 votes out of 1246, 64.0% 0 times
West Ham 1 May 1997 14 May 2001 Lab 3 votes out of 743, 0.4% 743 votes out of 1273, 58.4% 1 time

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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HouseDateSubjectLord StratfordLab VoteRôle
no rebellions, never teller
HouseDateSubjectMr Tony BanksLab VoteRôle
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Chairman, Advisory Committee on Works of Art
11 Apr 2005Stopped being Member, Accommodation and works Committee
Commons25 Feb 2005Right of Reply and Press Standards Bill minorityno Rebel
10 Jan 2005Became Chairman, Advisory Committee on Works of Art
10 Jan 2005Stopped being Chairman, Advisory Committee of Works of Art
21 Sep 2004Stopped being Member, Draft Gambling Bill (Joint Committee)
22 Jul 2004Stopped being Member, Draft Gambling Bill (Joint Committee)
28 May 2004Became Member, Draft Gambling Bill (Joint Committee)
28 May 2004Became Chairman, Advisory Committee of Works of Art
28 May 2004Became Member, Accommodation and works Committee
Commons22 Apr 2004Security Screen minorityaye Rebel
Commons22 Apr 2004Installation of a Security Screen in the House of Commons Chamber minorityno Rebel
Commons22 Apr 2004Points of Order minorityno Rebel
10 Jul 2003Became Member, Draft Gambling Bill (Joint Committee)
Commons18 Mar 2003Iraq — Declaration of War minorityaye Rebel
Commons18 Mar 2003Iraq — Case for war not established — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons26 Feb 2003Iraq — Case for war is unproven — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — Option 1 (Fully Appointed) — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons4 Feb 2003House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected minorityno Rebel
Commons30 Oct 2002Enterprise Bill — Clause 21 — Duty To Make References In Relation To Completed Mergers minorityno Rebel
Commons9 Jul 2002Mersey Tunnels Bill (By Order) minorityaye Rebel
Commons9 Jul 2002Mersey Tunnels Bill (By Order) minorityaye Rebel
Commons16 Jul 2001Select Committees — Accommodation and Works — Transport, Local Government and the Regions Majorityaye Rebel
Commons5 Jul 2001Parliamentary Pensions Majorityno Rebel
HouseDateSubjectMr Tony BanksLab VoteRôle
11 May 2001Stopped being Member, Procedure Committee
Commons27 Feb 2001Hunting Bill tellayeaye Teller
Commons11 Jan 2001City of London (Ward Elections) Bill (By Order) minorityno Rebel
Commons11 Jan 2001City of London (Ward Elections) Bill (By Order) - Statement of compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights minorityaye Rebel
Commons31 Oct 2000Stem Cell Research minorityno Rebel
25 Nov 1999Became Member, Procedure Committee
29 Jul 1999Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of National Heritage/Department for Culture, Media and Sport)) (Sport),
28 Jul 1999Stopped being Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Sport), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
8 May 1997Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of National Heritage/Department for Culture, Media and Sport)) (Sport),
5 May 1997Became Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Sport), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
21 Mar 1997Stopped being Member, Procedure Committee
1 Jan 1993Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson,
1 Jan 1993Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson,
1 Jan 1992Became Shadow Spokesperson,
1 Jan 1992Became Shadow Spokesperson,
1 Jan 1991Stopped being Shadow Spokesperson,
1 Jan 1990Became Shadow Spokesperson,
17 Jun 1987Became Member, Procedure Committee

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this person and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

AgreementPolicy
26% Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
50% Assisted Dying
96% Asylum System - More strict
100% Ban fox hunting
100% Business and community control of schools: For
95% Control Orders
50% Corporal punishment of children - Against
100% Delegate more powers to government ministers
50% Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
100% Foundation hospitals - In favour
100% Fox hunting - Ban
25% Freedom of Information Bill 2000 - Strengthen
0% Fully Elected House of Lords
25% Gambling - Against permissiveness
84% Homosexuality - Equal rights
100% Identity cards - For introduction
2% Iraq 2003 - For the invasion
42% Iraq Investigation - Necessary
94% Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100% Minimum Wage
2% No detention without charge or trial
100% Nuclear power - For
44% Openness and Transparency - In Favour
100% Post office - in favour of Government policy
0% Post office closures - against
100% Promote Occupational Pensions
100% Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
16% Recreational drugs - Against legalization
68% Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0% Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
0% Same Sex Marriage - for
26% Schools - Greater Autonomy
82% Smoking ban - In favour
50% Stop climate change
100% Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
10% Transexuality - Against legal recognition
10% University education fees - Should be free
97% University Tuition Fees - For
1% Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
50% Voting age - Reduce to 16
50% War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

Possible Friends (more...)

Shows which MPs voted most similarly to this one in the 2001-2005, Westminster Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both MPs attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between MPs that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.

AgreementNameConstituencyParty
97.9%Mr Paul DaisleyBrent EastLab
95.5%Mr Raymond PowellOgmoreLab
94.1% Robert JacksonWantagewhilst Lab
93.7% Iain WrightHartlepoolLab
92.5% Khalid MahmoodBirmingham, Perry BarrLab

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